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could someone please check this for me?

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Joan

Joan Report 5 Sep 2006 18:15

1891 census, leeds head of household; James Allen, aged 50, Born New Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales This is my family but am intrigued as to the following. see below

Joan

Joan Report 5 Sep 2006 18:16

Lodger is Arthur Hearn, (born London, Islington). What is his occupation as it looks like Loo Boarder, If so what on earth is it? A 'night soil' man or similar? Thanks Joan

Linda in the Midlands

Linda in the Midlands Report 5 Sep 2006 18:23

Hi Joan, I see the same as you.But maybe it is LOD (short for lodger??) boarder Linda

Shirley

Shirley Report 5 Sep 2006 19:43

I see the same as well, but perhaps it was a mistake. If you check the next set of columns: - Employer, Employed, Neither employed or unemployed. He is listed as Employed. I tried putting 'loo boarder' in google, but nothing came up. Must admit though the B is a funny shape. I even blew it up to 200% and even used the magnify option, but it still looks the same. Can you have an occupation as a boarder/lodger?

Joan

Joan Report 5 Sep 2006 19:50

Thans for checking for me Linda and Shirley Been visualising a 'naughty man' nailing planks of wood over the loo seats of people (he didn't like or) who hadn't paid their fees for having it emptied!! Thanks again, Joan

Uncle John

Uncle John Report 5 Sep 2006 21:14

Shirley - sorry to disagree but the B in Benjamin of the next person down has the same squiggle. Definitely Loo Boarder. Can it be said with a cockney accent and misheard by a Yorkshireman?

Merry

Merry Report 5 Sep 2006 21:41

If I find an occupation that looks a bit strange I usually enter it on the Ancestry 1881 census search to see if it occurs on there! There are no Loo Boarders in 1881, but there are several people (15) with the word Loo in their occupation. I randomly looked at five of those (expecting feeble mistranscriptions), but those five were ALL ''Loo Table Makers''. Not entirely sure what that is either, but obviously a valid occupation. maybe a loo boarder made the boards from which the loo tables were constructed? Merry

Merry

Merry Report 5 Sep 2006 21:52

AHHHHH! Loo was a card game!! A loo table is what you played it on. Now I'm less sure of the loo boarder!! Merry

Anne

Anne Report 5 Sep 2006 21:52

I'm sure it says loo boarder. I would go with Merry's idea. Wasn't loo a card game - did they need special tables to play it on? Anne

Merry

Merry Report 5 Sep 2006 21:55

I don't think Mr Hearn was a skilled person....in 1901 he was a silversmiths porter. But maybe he helped with the initial wood preparation at a firm who mostly made loo tables? Merry